• EDUC 5225: Instructional Leadership for Continuous Improvement

  3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  Students will be introduced to the strategic and change management processes. They will learn how to set high standards for self model professional learning and establish a culture of personal and professional growth. Emphasis will be placed upon how leaders can create positiveenvironments of cultural competence and equity for all stakeholders and develop a comprehensive strategic plan to impact student learning. Students will understand the valueof leading by example as they move toward an instructional focus shift from teaching to learning. An additional focus will be on how to distribute personal ethics in leadership to others through equal access opportunity and inclusionary practices. The student will understand the role of the school leader in the community and learn how to establish maintain and lead professional learning communities.
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• EDUC 5240: Legal and Ethical Dimensions in Education

  3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course is an examination of federal and state constitutional and statutory influences on public schools with a focus on how judicial interpretation shapes and influences educational policy. Students will analyze ethical and professional decisions affecting stakeholders within the school community.
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• EDUC 5255: Assessments and Data for School Improvement

  3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course provides a conceptual understanding of learning and assessment and will emphasize the various types of data that can be used to drive student achievement and continuous school improvement. Students will focus on data (formative and summative) that impact decision making and will analyze TVAAS data to derive outcomes and make plans for next steps to ensure progress and growth for students teachers and the school as a whole
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• EDUC 5265: Resource Management

  3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  Students will learn best practices for managing fiscal resources human capital and school operations. Focusing on recruiting hiring and retaining the best and most productive people students will gain a greater understanding of the positions and roles within a successful school organization. Students will learn the importance of purposeful and diverse hiring practices. Students will also work collaboratively with a field mentor to learn about essential school operations and their relationships to student achievement. Assessment of physical plant needs the establishment and maintenance of a safe and clean environment and typical documentation for operational matters will be included.
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• EDUC 5270: Contemporary Issues in Education

  3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course examines critical issues in education. The focus will be researching analyzing and comparing emerging issues to promote scholarly thought within learning communities.
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• EDUC 5280: Strategic Planning

  3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course will focus upon the strategic planning and change management processes. Students will learn how to create and conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and use the resulting data to develop a strategic plan to impact student learning. Monitoring multiple forms of data will create opportunities for ongoing adjustment to the strategic plan. Students will also learn how to implement a dynamic strategic plan as a method for creating or changing school culture which shapes the academic and personal growth of students. The strategic plan will also serve to provide a clear vision for professional learning and growth for instructional staff. The course will highlight the necessity of a shift in instructional focus from teaching to learning.
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• EDUC 5800: Internship

  1.00 Credits

  King University

  
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• EDUC 5990: Comprehensive Assessment

  0.00 Credits

  King University

  
  Successful completion of all Tennessee Department of Education mandated at the time of graduation PRAXIS II Content Knowledge and pedagogy (Principles of Learning and Teaching) examinations. Successful completion and presentation of electronic portfolio demonstrating competency in state and national standards. Successful completion of the Master of Education comprehensive examination. Successful completion of the comprehensive assessment is a requirement for graduation and recommendation for teacher licensure
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• ENGC 1001: College-Level Writing: Documentation and Formatting

  1.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course introduces online and GPS students to the conventions of college-level writing across the disciplines with a particular focus on documentation and formatting. It provides students with the tools needed to properly format and ethically document written work in their courses. Topics covered in the course will include: documentation and writing context in-text citation bibliographic citation and incorporation of source material into written work.
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• ENGC 1002: College-Level Writing: Grammar and Mechanics

  1.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course is a study of grammar that is necessary for punctuated writing. It offers students a refresher course in grammar and mechanics and will prepare them to write more effective papers in all of their classes. Topics covered in this class include parts of speech subject-verb agreement verb tenses pronouns sentence fragments comma splices fused sentences and punctuation.
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